18 Ways to Improve Liver Function with Home Remedies

One organ that has a very profound effect on your overall health is your liver. Proper liver function helps to filter out the toxins that enter your body and hinder hormonal and cellular function on nearly every level. Let’s look at a simple illustration to understand just how important your liver really is.

Dirty oil in a car can cause a great deal of damage to the moving parts, because they are poorly lubricated. Additionally, a dirty air filter can cut performance by allowing contaminants to get inside the engine and can bring it to a complete standstill. The liver, like the oil and air filters on your car, helps your body to function at its peak performance level.

Poor liver function is responsible for a host of health issues and diseases, because your liver is not filtering out the contaminants and toxins that enter your body through what you breathe, what you consume and what is absorbed through your skin. The Liver Doctor lists more than 50 health conditions which are directly related to liver function. Those 50+ conditions present themselves in the following areas:

Abnormal Metabolism;

Digestive Issues;

Blood Sugar Issues;

Nervous System and Psychological Issues;

Immune dysfunction;

Hormone imbalance;

A long list of external symptoms.

We’re going to discuss 4 food types to reduce or eliminate from your diet to help stop the damage from continuing and then provide 14 home remedies to help you boost liver function in your body, but they are not all inclusive. Severe conditions need to be treated by a health care professional.

18 Ways to Improve Liver Function with Home Remedies

Limit Processed Foods

One major factor in improving liver function is to limit or completely rid yourself of processed foods.

How it works:
Garlic is so potent because it performs several functions. The compounds allicin and selenium help cleanse and protect the liver from toxin damage, but it also reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which retard proper liver function.

Ginger Root

Another superfood that helps to improve liver function is ginger root.

What to do:

Grate 2 Tbsp of ginger.

Add grated ginger to boiling water.

Continue boiling on a low boil for 10 minutes.

Strain into a cup, add lemon and honey, if desired and drink a couple times daily.

How it works:
A healthy digestive tract, provided by consuming ginger, helps detoxification, and anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties also help liver performance.

Green Tea

Green tea is another way to help improve liver function.

What to do:

Prepare green tea according to package directions and consume a couple times a day.

Add green tea to ginger, dandelion, or turmeric teas to double the benefits.

Caution: DO NOT use Green Tea Extracts. Studies show that they contribute to liver dysfunction.

How it works:
The catechins in green tea have cleansing and liver support functions.

Raw Vegetables

Eating raw vegetables also helps to improve liver function.

What to do:

Consume vegetables raw in salads or as a snack.

Learn to juice vegetables in order to get even more of their benefits into your body.

Some of the best vegetables to consider are kale, cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, beets and celery.

How it works:
Consuming raw vegetables increases the amounts of glucosinolate in your body, which encourages enzyme production in your liver. These enzymes help to flush out toxins and carcinogens.

Turmeric

Ginger’s first cousin, turmeric, plays an even larger role when it comes to improved liver function.

What to do:

Grate 2 Tbsp of turmeric root.

Boil in water for 10 minutes.

Strain the tea into a mug and drink it with a dab of honey twice a day.

You can also boil powdered turmeric in water or milk if you can’t get the whole root.

How it works:
The active ingredient in turmeric, curcumin, reduces inflammation, but it also helps encourage detoxifying enzyme production.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is another superfood that shows up on everybody’s list of home remedies. It supports improved liver function too.

How it works:
Coconut oil helps protect the liver against further damage while coconut water helps hydrate and promote healing.

Pineapple

Pineapple is almost everyone’s favorite tropical fruit and it has awesome properties to aid improved liver function.

What to do:

DO NOT used canned, sweetened, processed pineapple for any recipe.

Use only natural, fresh or frozen pineapple as a regular addition to your salads and other meals, but avoid heating it, because heat destroys bromelain.

Drink pineapple juice several times a week or daily (you can even add some coconut milk from above, just leave out the rum).

How it works:
The bromelain found in pineapple is a natural anti-inflammatory compound, which also aids in enzyme production for better digestion, fat reduction and detoxification.

Wrapping Things Up

Proper liver function is a major component of overall health and wellness. Since there are more than 50 symptoms from more than seven body functions, odds are that most of your health issues are related to a liver that isn’t doing its job of filtering out toxins. Take control of your health by pampering your liver and providing what it needs to be healthy.

Georgia Scherhaufer

Georgia has graduated from a nutrition expert degree and her work involves some freelance blogging on the side of her main part time job in a doctor’s office. She doesn’t travel a lot due to work constraints, but she likes going out as often as she can to compensate.

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